1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 659 - 668
1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 659 - 668
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) solidus coin, Constans II
- Byzantine Empire, 659 - 668
- Obverse Image: Portrait busts of Constans II, with long beard on left, wearing plumed helmet, and Constantine, beardless, on right, crowned; each wearing chlamys; cross between their heads.
- Obverse Text : DN / CONSTANTINUS / PPAV
- Reverse Image: Long cross on globe between facing standing figures of Heraclius on left and Tiberius on right, both beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger.
- Reverse Text: VICTORIA / AVG / B / CONOB
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- date made
- 659 - 668
- maker
- Constans II Emperor of Byzantium
- place made
- Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
- city
- Turkey: İstanbul province, Constantinople
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.11 cm x 1.93 cm; 1/32 in x 3/4 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.6075
- catalog number
- 68.159.6075
- accession number
- 283645
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
- Byzantine Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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